Barbecue Bacon Chicken Stuffed with Ranch Cream Cheese
Updated Apr 28, 2017
Meet your new favorite way to make chicken: Boneless skinless chicken breasts get stuffed with ranch-flavored cream cheese, wrapped in bacon and brushed with a sweet and spicy barbecue sauce before being baked to juicy perfection.
Barbecue Bacon Chicken Stuffed with Ranch Cream Cheese
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 50 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 8 slices bacon
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 tablespoon Hidden Valley™ The Original Ranch™ salad dressing and seasoning mix (from 1-oz package)
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 1/2 lb)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 cup Annie's™ Naturals organic sweet & spicy BBQ sauce
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 400°F. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with foil; spray foil with cooking spray.
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Step2Microwave bacon between layers of microwavable paper towels on microwavable plate 3 to 4 minutes or just until edges begin to brown but are still soft and pliable. Cut each piece in half crosswise.
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Step3In small bowl, stir together cream cheese and dressing mix.
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Step4Cut pocket in each chicken breast by making a horizontal slit along thin long edge, being careful to not cut through to opposite side. Stuff each pocket with one-fourth of the cream cheese filling (about 2 tablespoons). Press edges of chicken together to seal. Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper.
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Step5Arrange bacon pieces diagonally over tops of chicken breasts, pressing bacon over sides. Brush each with 1 tablespoon barbecue sauce.
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Step6Bake 15 minutes. Brush with remaining 1/4 cup barbecue sauce, using about 1 tablespoon on each breast. Bake 10 to 15 minutes longer or until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (at least 165°F).
Nutrition
430
Calories
21g
Total Fat
46g
Protein
14g
Total Carbohydrate
10g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 430
- Calories from Fat
- 190
- Total Fat
- 21g
- 32%
- Saturated Fat
- 9g
- 45%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 155mg
- 51%
- Sodium
- 1360mg
- 57%
- Potassium
- 460mg
- 13%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 14g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 10g
- Protein
- 46g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 6 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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